After "The Last" events...


Naruto's actions had left a long lasting peace between the five great nations of the shinobi world. There was no more wars for many a year, and the villages prospered. This did not last forever of course, as the Feudal Lords who ruled the nations were not as changed as the Hidden Villages. In time these lords came to see their shinobi forces as too passive in military matters and so the Hidden Villages were named as traitors to their own nations and attacked by armies of mercenaries. The Fifth Great Ninja War began long after Naruto's death, but his memory still stained the Hidden Villages with pride.


Fifth Great Ninja War


While the fighting was fierce and the death toll high, the war was unable to be stopped until one or both sides were consumed by the hate and mistrust that had brought it about in the first place. For an entire year the war waged on, the Hidden Villages retreating to the neutral Land of Iron until they could take back the lands they had been driven out of. Eventually the shinobi villages won out over the Feudal Lords and defeated their armies. Now the governments had changed hands, the Kages now in control over the entire nation, not only their ninja villages. The only case this was not true for was the Hidden Mist Village, who's population had been annihilated early in the war. As retaliation the other Hidden Villages wiped the land clean of human life, leaving the islands barren as a monument to the war.


The Religion of Purge


The void of power in the old Land of Water did not stay vacant for long. Immigrants from another land sailed to the archipelago and claimed it for themselves, bringing with them their bloody religion of Purge, worshiping a god who was nameless and cherished self mutilation and human sacrifice. It was not for many years that these immigrants would be known to the remaining villages, and when they found out what these people did they all decided to leave them to their own devices as long as they did not provoke the shinobi world.


The Loss of the Biju


After the Fifth Great Shinobi War, the Biju had all miraculously disappeared. No one knows how when or why, but all nine tailed beasts had vanished without a trace. At first many believed that a group similar to the Akatsuki of old had stolen them, but since no group had made themselves known it was assumed that none existed. Theories had been proposed that perhaps their lifespan had been reached and they simply withered away, or returned to the realm from wince the Ten Tails (and by regard the Biju) had come. It has only in the last few years been learned that a temple hidden to the far east had been erected and there the Biju have been sealed into each a statue of said Biju. The Gedo Meza statue is also there sealed in a separate chamber guarded by an old sage. Only potential guardians of the temple or those who wish to become Sages may enter the temple, but many leave offerings outside the front gate.


The Uchiha


During the time between the Forth and Fifth Great Wars, Sasuke made true on his vow to restore his clan, but because of the Uchiha's fate of a cursed life their numbers have never fully returned. Only a handful of families are scattered around the world, their total numbering somewhere between 100 and 140 clan members. Sharingan holders are even rarer, and most have been hunted for their eyes or are hidden in the villages secret Anbu corps. During the war the Uchiha took both sides, hiring themselves to the Feudal Lords as mercenaries. Because of this the Uchiha are mainly outcasts when around other shinobi and are seen as no good trouble makers.


Present Day


As the shinobi world presses on into the future, technology has grown into a comforting stability instead of focused on war.(Modern day technology, minus guns of course) Communication has been drawn closer together and is bringing people together from around the world. But rumors have been spreading about a new group of people calling themselves the "Shojuko". These people do not yet have a known motive, but their name has been seen everywhere and so far no one knows what they want. This instability in the peace has turned the Kage's attention back onto the threat of war. Tensions have risen as threats and speculations are abound. And the question you should ask of this is....

...Where do I fit in?